Tension mounts as South Korea and US conduct military drills

South Korean and US navy forces complete a three-day live firing drill in the
East Sea, amid nuclear threats from North Korea.

12:30PM GMT 09 Feb 2013

Pyongyang's state media said the drill showed that America and South Korea have been plotting to attack the North.

The media claimed the action was increasing the risk of conflict in the region.

North Korea has said similar things about previous drills; the allies have repeatedly said they have no intention of attacking the North.

The US stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea.

Pyongyang announced last month that it would conduct a nuclear test to protest United Nations Security Council sanctions, which were toughened after a satellite launch in December that the US and others say was a disguised test of banned missile technology.